(Butte County, CA) – Firefighters responded yesterday afternoon at around 3:00 to another south Butte County wildfire. It is located off Lakeland Boulevard near Long Bar Run in Oroville.

The Bar Fire grew quickly to 30 acres. However, Cal Fire reports that with an aggressive air attack and the availability of multiple resources from neighboring Cal Fire units, already working on the nearby Apache Fire, forward spread was stopped by 7:30 last evening.

The Bar Fire is reported contained at 35 acres with no reported injuries or structures affected.

Meanwhile, the Apache Fire is now 80% contained. It remains at 691 acres with 4 injuries, 14 structures destroyed and 2 damaged.